Job 10 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 My soul was weary in my life; I shall leave upon me my complaint; I shall speak in the bitterness of my soul. “I loathe my life; I will give free utterance to my complaint; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul. “I loathe my very life; therefore I will give free rein to my complaint and speak out in the bitterness of my soul.
2 Saying to God, Thou wilt not condemn me; make known to me for what thou wilt contend with me. I will say to God, Do not condemn me; let me know why you contend against me. I say to God: Do not declare me guilty, but tell me what charges you have against me.
3 Is it good to thee that thou wilt oppress, that thou wilt despise the labor of thy hinds, and thou didst shine upon the counsels of the unjust? Does it seem good to you to oppress, to despise the work of your hands and favor the designs of the wicked? Does it please you to oppress me, to spurn the work of your hands, while you smile on the plans of the wicked?
4 Were eyes of flesh to thee? or wilt thou see as man saw? Have you eyes of flesh? Do you see as man sees? Do you have eyes of flesh? Do you see as a mortal sees?
5 Are thy days as man's days? or thy years as the days of man? Are your days as the days of man, or your years as a man’s years, Are your days like those of a mortal or your years like those of a strong man,
6 That thou wilt seek for mine iniquity, and wilt search out for my sins? that you seek out my iniquity and search for my sin, that you must search out my faults and probe after my sin—
7 Upon thy knowledge that I will not do evil; and none delivering from thy hand. although you know that I am not guilty, and there is none to deliver out of your hand? though you know that I am not guilty and that no one can rescue me from your hand?
8 Thy hands formed me, and they will work me together round about; and thou wilt swallow me down. Your hands fashioned and made me, and now you have destroyed me altogether. “Your hands shaped me and made me. Will you now turn and destroy me?
9 Remember now, thou didst make me as day; and thou wilt turn me back to dust. Remember that you have made me like clay; and will you return me to the dust? Remember that you molded me like clay. Will you now turn me to dust again?
10 Wilt thou not weigh me out as milk, and coagulate me as cheese? Did you not pour me out like milk and curdle me like cheese? Did you not pour me out like milk and curdle me like cheese,
11 Thou wilt clothe me with skin and flesh, and thou wilt hedge me with bones and sinews. You clothed me with skin and flesh, and knit me together with bones and sinews. clothe me with skin and flesh and knit me together with bones and sinews?
12 Thou didst with me life and mercy, and thy reviewing watched my spirit. You have granted me life and steadfast love, and your care has preserved my spirit. You gave me life and showed me kindness, and in your providence watched over my spirit.
13 And these thou didst hide in thy heart: I knew that this is with thee. Yet these things you hid in your heart; I know that this was your purpose. “But this is what you concealed in your heart, and I know that this was in your mind:
14 If I sinned; and thou didst watch me, and thou wilt not acquit me from mine iniquity. If I sin, you watch me and do not acquit me of my iniquity. If I sinned, you would be watching me and would not let my offense go unpunished.
15 If I did evil, wo to me; and was I just, I shall not lift up my head, being filled with dishonor: and see thou mine affliction; If I am guilty, woe to me! If I am in the right, I cannot lift up my head, for I am filled with disgrace and look on my affliction. If I am guilty—woe to me! Even if I am innocent, I cannot lift my head, for I am full of shame and drowned in my affliction.
16 And shall it be lifted up? Thou wilt hunt me as the lion, and thou wilt turn back, thou wilt show thyself wonderful upon me. And were my head lifted up, you would hunt me like a lion and again work wonders against me. If I hold my head high, you stalk me like a lion and again display your awesome power against me.
17 Thou wilt renew thy testimonies before me, and thou wilt increase thy wrath upon me; changes and war with me. You renew your witnesses against me and increase your vexation toward me; you bring fresh troops against me. You bring new witnesses against me and increase your anger toward me; your forces come against me wave upon wave.
18 And wherefore didst thou bring Me forth from the belly? I shall expire, and eye shall not see me. “Why did you bring me out from the womb? Would that I had died before any eye had seen me “Why then did you bring me out of the womb? I wish I had died before any eye saw me.
19 I shall be as I was not; I shall be brought from the womb to the grave. and were as though I had not been, carried from the womb to the grave. If only I had never come into being, or had been carried straight from the womb to the grave!
20 Is it not my days few? He will cease; he will turn from me, and I shall be cheerful a little, Are not my days few? Then cease, and leave me alone, that I may find a little cheer Are not my few days almost over? Turn away from me so I can have a moment’s joy
21 Before I shall go and turn back to the land of darkness and the shadow of death; before I go—and I shall not return— to the land of darkness and deep shadow, before I go to the place of no return, to the land of gloom and utter darkness,
22 A land of darkness, as thick darkness; of the shadow of death, and not orders, and the brightness, as thick darkness. the land of gloom like thick darkness, like deep shadow without any order, where light is as thick darkness.” to the land of deepest night, of utter darkness and disorder, where even the light is like darkness.”
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